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Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRead the full transcript below: MEGAN THOMPSON: Tomorrow, voters in the Philippines will choose a new president. The front-runner is 71-year-old Rodrigo Duterte, whose brash style has earned him comparisons to Donald Trump. Duterte gained a tough-on-crime reputation as the longtime mayor of the Southern Philippine city of Davao. But he’s been accused by human rights groups of the extrajudicial killings of more than 1,000 people. Duterte has also raised...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioRead the full transcript below: MEGAN THOMPSON: The East African nation of Somalia has been plagued by civil war for the past 25 years, and, for the past decade, the fledgling government has been fighting an insurgency by the radical Islamic al-Qaida affiliate Al-Shabaab. Now a new report reveals Somalia may be using children as young as 10 years old to spy on Al-Shabaab operatives. Today’s Washington Post says using child informants is not only dangerous,...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioMEGAN THOMPSON, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: London has a new mayor and its first who is a Muslim: 45-year-old Sadiq Khan. The human rights lawyer and Labour Party leader is the son of Pakistani immigrants. His father was a bus driver and his mother was a seamstress. With election results declared final today, Khan was sworn into office and celebrated his win at a multi-denominational ceremony in an Anglican cathedral. SADIQ KHAN, LONDON MAYOR: My name is...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBy Megan Thompson Read the full transcript below: MEGAN THOMPSON: 30-year-old Rohnell Robinson grew up in Richmond, California, just northeast of San Francisco. This industrial city of 100,000 was once considered one of the most dangerous cities in the nation. ROHNELL ROBINSON: A lot of the stuff that goes on around here — drugs, killings. MEGAN THOMPSON: Robinson was only 14 when police caught him selling marijuana – the first of many run-ins with the law...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Finally, another installment in our brief but spectacular series. Tonight, we hear from 91-year-old Flossie Lewis. A former English teacher, she now lives at the Piedmont Gardens Senior Living Community in the Bay Area. Lewis keeps busy by writing fiction and offers us insight on what it feels like to grow old. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) FLOSSIE LEWIS, Writer: Getting old is a state of mind. Now, I’m 91. I’m badly crippled, but I still think I’m...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioFriday saw presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump try to organize party leaders behind his upcoming presidential bid, but the real estate mogul faced more major defections from lawmakers still unwilling to embrace his controversial candidacy. Meanwhile, President Obama weighed in on Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican party for the first time. John Yang reports. The post As Trump tries to coalesce GOP, Obama urges ‘scrutiny’ of candidate appeared first...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioIn our news wrap Friday, the latest numbers from the Department of Labor show that the U.S. economy added 160,000 jobs in April, short of the 215,000 many economists predicted, while unemployment remained flat at five percent. Also, early reports indicated that Labour party candidate Sadiq Khan will be elected as the next mayor of London, the first time a Muslim has held that office. The post News Wrap: U.S. job growth lower than expected appeared first on...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioSince Sunday, a wildfire burning in the heart of Canada’s oil country has forced nearly 100,000 residents to flee their homes for safety, creating the largest mass evacuation in Alberta’s history. Friday saw evacuees being ferried from the fire’s path via airlift and land convoy as the blaze spread across more than 300 square miles — five times its original size. Hari Sreenivasan reports. The post In Alberta’s heartland, wildfire forces thousands to flee...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioFor years, the Puerto Rican economy has been in decline, and the U.S. territory is now on the brink of disaster, with $72 billion of overall debt and an unemployment rate twice that of the mainland. As the island’s government is forced to suspend funding for vital services, hundreds of Puerto Ricans are leaving every day, while those who remain struggle to stay afloat. Jeffrey Brown reports. The post Puerto Rican economic disaster leaves residents...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThough the battle for the GOP nomination ended with Donald Trump’s victory, the fate of the Democratic party’s candidacy is still in question, as trailing contender Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to fight on until the DNC convention. Sanders joins Judy Woodruff to discuss his superdelegate strategy, Hillary Clinton’s criticism of his foreign policy experience and what could happen if he loses. The post Resolute Sanders on strategy, foreign policy and the...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioSyndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including what Donald Trump’s ascension as the GOP’s presumptive nominee means for American politics, the fate of the Republican party after Trump, why Hillary Clinton hasn’t been able to finish off Sen. Bernie Sanders and the role of “big ideas” in this election cycle. The post Shields and Brooks on Trump’s nomination triumph, and...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioSaturday will mark the 183rd birthday of the celebrated German composer and pianist Johannes Brahms. A complicated and utterly self-guarded man, Brahms liked to claim that his music didn’t flow from his heart, but the soulful and passionate nature of his compositions tells another tale. For more on what makes Brahms’ music so beautiful and enduring, Jeffrey Brown talks to composer Rob Kapilow. The post A contemporary composer considers the musical legacy of...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Republican Donald Trump gets back to campaigning tonight, now that he’s virtually wrapped up the GOP nomination for president. But as he works to win over voters, he faces new resistance from leaders in his own party. The latest example came today from Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives. We begin our coverage with John Yang, who’s covering tonight’s Trump event in West Virginia. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) JOHN YANG: For Donald Trump,...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff. HARI SREENIVASAN: And I’m Hari Sreenivasan. JUDY WOODRUFF: On the “NewsHour” tonight, a new dynamic on the campaign trail: HARI SREENIVASAN: Also ahead this Thursday, no more e-cigarettes for minors. The FDA announces new age requirements in a crackdown on unregulated tobacco, while California raises the legal age for smoking to 21. JUDY WOODRUFF: And, planning a vacation? How airlines are battling over...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: There’ll be no more e-cigarette and cigar sales to people under the age of 18. Federal oversight of the growing industry was announced today by the Food and Drug Administration. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) HARI SREENIVASAN: They’ve been around since 2006, but until now, they were largely un-regulated. E-cigarettes turn nicotine into an inhalable liquid vapor, but without the tobacco in regular cigarettes. WOMAN: With blue e-cigs there’s no tobacco...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Now, back to the race for the White House. As we reported, House Speaker Paul Ryan today became the highest ranking Republican yet to say he’s not ready to support Donald Trump. We examine the divisions the Trump nomination is driving with two conservatives on either side of the split. We start with a Trump supporter, Representative Tom Marino who joins us from State College, Pennsylvania. Congressman Marino, thank you for joining us. You...

Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: The Republican presidential race is effectively over as of tonight, and the party’s new leader is looking ahead. At the same time, detractors now face a decision: how to reconcile with the new reality. John Yang has our report. JOHN YANG: On his first day as the apparent Republican nominee, Donald Trump said he’s confident the party will fall in behind him, but that some were welcome to leave. DONALD TRUMP (R), Republican Presidential...